Pure Earth Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Solving Pollution
Jun 04 , 2024
Pure Earth Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Solving Pollution Join us in taking a look at where we’ve been, and where we’re headed A lot has changed since Australian environmental engineer Richard Fuller founded Pure Earth in 1999, then called Blacksmith.
ReadBrazil: Helping The Potters of Maragogipinho Go Lead Free
Oct 21 , 2019
In May 2018, Pure Earth held a lead-free workshop for nine potters in Maragogipinho, Brazil. This was an important first step in helping a community, where some residents had blood lead levels as much as 15 times above the EPA’s level.
ReadColombia Lead Poisoning: More Children Can Now Sleep Safely With Lead-Free Mattresses
Oct 03 , 2019
For years, parents in Malambo, Colombia, didn't know that their children were sleeping on poison. Surrounded by five lead smelters, Malambo was heavily contaminated with lead. Over the years, lead had polluted the ground, settled on almost every surface in.
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